For better or worse China is becoming more and more important to the UnitedStates. The influence of China on the United States is cultural as well aspolitical a... » 

For better or worse China is becoming more and more important to the UnitedStates. The influence of China on the United States is cultural as well aspolitical and economic. The Chinese American population has steadily increasedand goods made in China as well as Chinese food have become a part of mostAmericans daily life. Therefore the state of US China relations may wellshape the future not just for Americans and Chinese but for the world at largeas well. Understanding China home of the worlds longest continuouscivilization is a challenge because the country is socially politically andculturally very different from the United States. But Chinas current programof reform and openness is making these two societies much more similar. Thepurpose of the series CHINA is to help students form an accuratecomprehensive and balanced understanding of China past and present. «